500grains
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The fact is that there are going to be some very good deals on safaris during the coming year. Some will be from cancellations where another hunter has chosen to forfeit his deposit, and others will be from outfitters who are having trouble selling hunts and need to keep the cash flow rolling.
For those who do not have a bank account filled with funds ready for a hunt, I offer the following suggestions, which I have posted before. To those who have already seen these, please forgive me.
How to generate funds for your safari:
sell your boat
sell your motorcycle
sell your 4 wheelers
sell your airplane
sell your wife's jewelry
sell your duck club membership
sell your photo equipment except 1 pocket camera
sell your telescope
quit going out to dinner
quit going to concerts
quit going to movies
quit going to sporting events
quit buying CDs and movies
quit buying clothes
quit smoking
quit drinking
quit donating to the Obama campaign
take your lunch to work
sell your junk on ebay
sell your antiques
sell your extra car
cancel your family vacation
cancel your cable TV and spend time on the treadmill instead
sell all your rifles except 2
sell all your shotguns except 1
sell all your handguns except 2
sell all the ammo and reloading components for the guns that you sold
get bitten by a dog and sue the owner
get a part time job (if your regular job will permit)
work overtime if possible
etc.
You get the idea.
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500grains
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Oh, and I forgot. If you are a polygamist, sell your extra wives.
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ozhunter
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I love this list but the better half would hate it...
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JabaliHunter
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Oh, and I forgot. If you are a polygamist, sell your extra wives.
But then you'd have to barter for your hunt with camels!! 
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AspenHill
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Great advice Dan!
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~Ann
Everyday spent outdoors is the best day of my life.
Aspen Hill Adventures
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Ripp
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But, but, you mean you can't have it all and still whine about not affording it??? 
Great Advise--and agree--there already are some deals ..but wait until this baby get worse---deals will be had...
In addittion to the reasons already mentioned, saw jsut last evening on how the Rand is something like 14 to $1..when I was there only a few months ago..it was 8 to $1..
Ripp
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ALL MEN DIE, BUT FEW MEN TRULY LIVE..
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500grains
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The rand is certainly tanking. The dollar will only hold its value in the long term if there continues to be economic fear in other countries. Right now the Russians are buying dollars and euros like crazy. But fundamentally our trade and budget defecits have undercut our currency very badly.
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McLarenSafaris
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Not taking anything away from 500nitro's posting.
In a related post I made an attempt to show the importance of proper prior planning in hunt affordability. Here the posting http://forums.nitroexpress.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=119386&an=0&page=0#Post119386
Dream. Decide. Plan. Execute. Enjoy. Re-live till ripe old age!
In good hunting.
Andrew McLaren
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Andrew McLaren
"A good hunt is worth whatever you pay for it. A bad hunt is not worth the time spent on it"
http://www.mclarensafaris.com
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Ripp
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Not taking anything away from 500nitro's posting.
Dream. Decide. Plan. Execute. Enjoy. Re-live till ripe old age!
In good hunting.
Andrew McLaren
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The problem with your theory is once you go---there is the constant yearning to return.. 
Ripp
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ozhunter
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The problem with your theory is once you go---there is the constant yearning to return..
Ripp
Truer words have never been spoken..... 
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BlainSmipy
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The airplane!???? Over my cold dead body..........
Everything else....fine....
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ozhunter
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The airplane!???? Over my cold dead body..........
Everything else....fine....
Well, you obviously don't have you priority's right. 
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